n. 暴発

stare down the barrel of a (one's) gun イディオム

big gun/cheese/wheel/wig

an important person, a leader The new director was a big wheel in his previous company but is not so important now.

go great guns

do something very fast or very hard, successfully The workers were going great guns fixing the building when I saw them this morning.

going great guns

working very well, going strong We were going great guns till our goalie got hurt. Then they scored.

great guns

(See going great guns)

gun down

shoot, kill with guns He was gunned down as he left his apartment - shot in the back.

gun for someone

look hard for a chance to harm or defeat someone My supervisor has been gunning for me for a long time but I don

gun for something

try very hard to get (prize or promotion etc.) He has been gunning for the new sales job for a long time.

gun it

step on the accelerator, floor it, goose it When a car tried to pass him, he gunned it. He sped away!

gung-ho

enthusiastic, full of eagerness She is really gung-ho about her new job at the library.

jump the gun

act too soon, leave early A good chef waits until the food is cooked. Don't jump the gun.

More Idioms/Phrases

jump in the lake jump in with both feet jump on someone jump on the bandwagon (also get or climb on the ba jump out of one jump queue jump ship jump start jump the gun jump through a hoop jump through hoops jump to conclusions jumping Jehosephat jumping-off place jungle mouth junk junk food

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